Islamism as a political ideology

Islamism is currently one of the greatest challenges to democracy. Not because Islamist groups necessarily threaten with violence, but because the goal of Islamist movements is always the establishment of a state governed by Islamic law. Young people are specifically recruited; not a few end up in radicalism. Islamist movements use democratic freedoms with the aim of ultimately abolishing exactly that democracy and the rights of freedom. Women's rights and the rights of dissenters in such a state only exist within the framework of Sharia law. This makes Islamism a politically extremist ideology. The lecture series "Dimensions of Islamism in Society and the State" aims to shed light on how Islamist forces are effective in the state and society, and what counter-strategies and solutions might look like, over the course of five evenings.